Where does “Hai Bà Trưng” come from?

Hai Bà Trưng (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese hái, from English Hi, from English high, from Middle English heigh, from Old English hēah, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz — to be lying down; to settle.

Hai Bà Trưng (Vietnamese): the Trưng Sisters

Definitions

  1. the Trưng Sisters

Ancestry of “Hai Bà Trưng”, step by step

Hai Bà Trưng traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese hái

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseháito pluck a plant or piece of fruit for later...
2EnglishHia short form of Hiram
3EnglishhighElevated, extending above a base or average...
4Middle Englishheighhigh; Alternative form of hey; Alternative form...
5Old Englishhēahhigh, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime,...
6Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
7Proto-West Germanichaimhome
8Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle

via Vietnamese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesea grandmother; an old woman; an old lady; you, my...
2Chinese
3Chinese
4Komodopaʔfour
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
6Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Vietnamese trứng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetrứngan egg
2Chinesemiddle
3Proto-Sino-Tibetant/duŋnavel; centre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱey-
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